Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-16
SAN FRANCISCO IN 80.
4 Picture Of the Auction Rooms-A
Drunken Miners Good Fortune.

a Picture Of the Auction Rooms-A
Drunken Miners Good Fortune.
M. d. Varigny, in The Revue des
Deux- -Mondes, publishes the first OF o
series of remarkable articles on San
Francisco. This first one is devoted to
the phenomenal origin of the great Pa
ci6c capital, and incidentally, NJ. d.
Varigny tells us many good stories, one
of which might have furnished Bret
Harte with theme on which to use his
most delicate embroidery. Speaking OF
the early growth of business in San Fran
cisco, the author says: "The auction
room sprang into existence in night.
1t was supply in response to an urgent
demand and prospered forthwith. The
auction room of San Francisco had but
a vague resemblance to the usual places
of that kind. 1t was at once sort of
banking house, commission depot, shop
and bar. The auctioneer was usually en-
throned upon hogshead, from which
proud position he looked down upon his
public. There, amid jokes, puns and
more or less spicy pleasantries, he drew
the crowd into his shop, shouting out the
sale at auction of the most heterogeneous
objects; lots of lands, miners tools, ship
cargoes to deliver, horses to take back
r;ca and SaIt norL haxas and harrels~aII
,vora n;oa aronna -, h;n, No no
ce;vsd and ranaa,aJ ~ was nromnt
10 catcb a w;nt os tha ave talked like n
r.t,lahnv axn;,;na w n,rst,sars 10 neu,
ar,or The salas I'll Mace from 10
o,clocl 20 nonn TLsn Luvars were
seryej With a frao ,uncb invariably com.
noseJ of 20, biscu;ts and Dutch cheese.
smoLoJ altman ar berrinps The drinks
yyere thn only thincs to be maid for.
Mercb,ndise purchased had 10 he taken
ou,,y th. sama dav I"
NJ dc vnrigny was a witness in one Of
tbese auction rooms Of a very ORIGINAL
scene Tn. auctioneer. Cobb. we'll known
in San Francisco had that dav sold a cor
tain number of lots NJ land si,u,t,d !,
StocL,on street The locality WAS scarcely
attractive, Stockton street was hurled in
sand ar tho ,ack of ,he CITY. no nna hal
vet tboucbt Of building there Nevertbe-
less there was crowd as the nrice 10
he oh,ainel could serve as tbs basis of
valuation and a, that time every ono
;,,nored in ,rh;cb d;ract;on ,ha ,;,,, n,o,,Id
groy Ios,,IIaJ MN a ,ociono ~
1lanks directly in front of tba ,nc,;o,aer
sat rolmst miner Who's ferry y;Sa@a in.
dicatsd Tho, ba had noaIe fr..uant S,ons
in the I,,r r,n,,s aou,n h, tba La,I.nr
He was h,,tling aga;nst sleen anil S,rng-
o,Isd nans,,II,, neJJ;n. ~ baaJ IT,
tuo f;rS, In,s u,ora Ia for ON o,nco
SndJenIv without any annarent roaSon
the .un,;o,eor lnocLea dnu,n tba ,b;rd
Iot for fonr o,ncos ..yonr na,na,', bo
sa;J o,lr,.ss;n,, ,Lo sIaan,, ,,;nar TLa
f,I,n,v ,.;sod h;s hoaa r., :" ..Ton,
What, Tom Is NO nam. az all ..Ton,
M,o,;re S,iJ tho o,har n G,,,o ,aLan
.Lack hy ,b;s onoS,ro,ho .An r;aht "
and the sale Went an cobh With HE
eyes tixed ON ,La miner InoclsJ Jown
to him snccess;velv five or civ Io,s tal;ng
:, - s,,;,l, os Ia ~ IL es ,le
Laif Jr,nl,an n,ar W. ,Lo, o,,.,;a,,
,,,as .,rar IT,, 49, ,sl,od :, ,,a,. w.. -
n,,rb,ses hnt ha nro,o.,aJ ur;;, III; anarr,,
hat h.. L,.d na, hopah, anr,h;na a, al
However as tbe anci;onaer was firm and
the neigbbors agraed be had 70 nut down
the money He ,onL from his sacl tbe
S2OO ar S,oo tI,,t >yera asLad Of him and
left the shon soypr that no wouM never
again s.t f.a IN Sn T,ancisco whara a
oomwh had Goa him so lear Ue
left the same EVENING far his cam, AZ
Texas IIill There Ike all Miners mo
hal rms and downs Inn, III. an miners
a,rain be was so much in Iove with L;s
adyenturms existence that be went nush.
inc his ray in,n ,l, ;n,ar;or a. ona ,Jacor
aft,r apotL.r yava o,,t Eour years or,ar
his mnclv visit IN San F,,nc;Sco Ma.
guire getting a bad fall fro,, h,rso